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Fine‐needle aspiration cytology of a minimal carcinoma of the breast with neuroendocrine features
Author(s) -
Gupta Raj K.,
Kenwright Diane,
Gaskell David,
Wakefield St. John
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199808)19:2<107::aid-dc7>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroendocrine carcinoma , fine needle aspiration , carcinoma , cytology , breast carcinoma , pathology , mammary gland , fine needle aspiration cytology , radiology , biopsy , breast cancer , cancer
Abstract A case of breast carcinoma with neuroendocrine features is described in a 62‐year‐old nulliparous female, in which the fine‐needle aspiration cytodiagnosis was of a breast carcinoma. Carcinoma of the breast with neuroendocrine features is an unusual variant which may be observed in several histologic types of mammary carcinoma. An awareness of this tumor is essential in view of the increasing use of fine‐needle aspiration cytology as a minimally invasive, first line of investigation of a breast abnormality. The case presented here is also of interest since the tumor was only 5 mm in diameter (a minimal carcinoma). Diagn. Cytopathol. 1998;19:107–109. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.